Fr Matt Matthew Sanderson is a priest in the church of God!

Hooray! Fr Paul is a deacon in the Church of God!

Well, I don’t know what everyone else has been up to this evening, but we’ve been celebrating the confirmations of Michelle, Sam, Joanne, Gillian, Danny, Jenny, Andrea and Tim! Send down you Spirit, Lord, on these your servants. 🔥🕊🕯✝️

Great to have the whole of the new @HolyTMaryJames clergy team together at tonight’s confirmation service!

Fr Paul had fun meeting Olive this morning! Olive and her mum are both going to be baptised on Sunday.

A morning of happy firsts: Fr Matt presided and preached at St Mary's first the first time; Fr Paul deaconed and preached at St James' and Holy Trinity for the first time! And a year later than originally planned, Cat and Dan's banns of marriage were read for the first time! 💕

What with limiting factors, sandpit curacies & here come the girls, there's been a lot to make this parish priest feel discouraged recently. But then I look at this lot and all is well. The church is growing one sacrament at a time. #Baptism #Eucharist #Confirmation #Ordination

Hot picnic lunch! Enjoyed by the whole school! What a treat!

Congratulations to Lottie who was baptised at Holy Trinity today, and to Jack and Heidi who were baptised at St Mary's! #WeWelcomeYou

Great joy tonight as, two weeks later than planned due to isolating, Gemma, Lisa and Anna were confirmed! A big thank you to Mark Davies for coming back again so soon.

Tonight members from the Mothers' Union across all three churches came together for a special Eucharist service at which Janice Bennett was admitted as a member & Kathryn received her 50 year membership award.

⚠️ We’re currently dealing with a high number of 999 calls and we’re prioritising the most serious emergencies. 📞 Please only call us back if the patient's condition gets worse, or if you no longer need an ambulance. 🖥 For urgent care advice, visit 111.nhs.uk

Helping out with drinks for our NHS heroes #NWAmbulance

A number of St Mary’s pupils show their respect as ‘We Remember’. Our thanks and appreciation to Mr Meaden for playing the Last Post and to Father Matt for the words of remembrance and prayers. A very poignant moment for all involved.

Emotional morning Oldham Parish Church as we bade a very fond & prayerful farewell to Fr Derek Palmer SCP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧 🇪🇺🌹🦉🐝 as he retires. The affection was tangible. So thankful for Fr Derek’s faithful, fruitful & loving priestly ministry & praying for him as this new chapter begins. God bless you dear Fr.

Huge congratulations to two more pupils who have received our Christian Values certificate. Both pupils live out our Christian vision ‘love one another as Jesus loved us’ each and every day !

It's stop the bleed day and Years 7 and 8 have been learning how to deal with life threatening injuries via the emergency services. Thanks to Eve, Paul and Matthew for delivering the sessions. #stopthebleed

Welcomed this little man into the world after a bit of a scare. Every blessing on this the hottest day of 2024. Collar had to come off tonight. #teamnwas #priestlife